Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Contributors: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Corporate Author)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: August 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9781931707282
Subjects: Archaeology; History; Sociology; Indians of Mexico; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Indians of Central America; Latin America; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum; Anthropology - Cultural; Antiquities; Museum of Archaeology and Anth; Philadelphia; Catalogs; Ethnological museums and colle; Ethnological museums and collections
First sentence: The Mesoamerican Gallery reflects the long history of research by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology into ancient Mesoamerica, the archaeological term given to the area encompassing Central and Southern Mexico, all of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (Figure 1).